Oakton Coins & Collectibles buys Star Wars toys Lots of free parking, it will be convenient, and you will get more cash. Toys from the first three movies are most collectable; Episode IV: A New Hope (Star Wars) Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Star Wars action figures have

Until very recently, tech stocks were soaring to record highs and a slump in volatility suggested investors brushing aside market risks, trade war concerns, and Central Bank tightening. However, amid all this calm, there is at least one gauge of investor sentiment that is at full panic '11' levels. The CBOE Skew Index, which tracks the cost of […]

While it has yet to be seen if the SEC will crack down on Elon Musk, and whether the Tesla CEO can round up enough investors (which he allegedly already has a commitment letter from over a week ago) to participating in his going private transaction, remains to be seen but even in an ideal […]

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, This past weekend, I discussed the correction last Friday as concerns over “Turkey Turmoil” grabbed headlines. “The market did indeed attempt to test all-time highs this past week, but, as noted, the overbought condition provided the fuel for a correction given the right catalyst. That catalyst appeared on Friday as the […]

A New Mexico judge on Monday agreed to release five suspects arrested on child abuse charges at a New Mexico camp, against the wishes of both the sheriff's department and the FBI, which described the group as "heavily armed and considered extremist(s) of the Muslim belief." Judge Sarah Backus ordered the suspects - Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40, […]

Back in November 2016, the BIS picked up on a topic we have often discussed over the years, namely the critical role that dollar abundance (or shortage) plays in defining market stress, and going one step further, published a research report which made the striking claim that while the VIX was now dead as an […]

Authored by Herman Wang and Katherine Dunn via S&P Global Platts' "The Barrel" blog, In October, four South Korean hackers in Shanghai spent seven hours attempting to infiltrate an oil refinery’s corporate network to gain access to its control systems and shut the facility down. Another 15 minutes or so, and they likely would have […]

Following Elon Musk's tweet last night, claiming that: "I’m excited to work with Silver Lake and Goldman Sachs as financial advisors, plus Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Munger, Tolles & Olson as legal advisors, on the proposal to take Tesla private" As Bloomberg notes, such a statement from a public company CEO typically signals […]

The defense in Paul Manafort's Alexandria, VA trial on bank and tax fraud charges have rested their case - without calling a single witness to the stand, including Manafort. Prosecutors allege he dodged taxes on millions of dollars made from his work for a Ukrainian political party, then lied to obtain bank loans when cash […]

There was one line that stood out in David Einhorn's Q2 letter to investors: "our results have been far worse than we could have imagined, and it’s been a bull market to boot." And looking at the fund's just released 13F, we may have an idea why. In the second quarter, Einhorn's Greenlight Capital, which […]